Sample Four-Year Plan

This sample shows just one possible pathway to earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in African and African Diaspora Studies (Africology) in four years. This plan does not replace the advice of your African and African Diaspora Studies advisor or your College Undergraduate Advisor . You are cautioned to meet regularly with both to create a personalized plan that matches your particular circumstances rather than following this verbatim.

The information below reflects the degree requirements for students who began their college education in Fall of 2013 or later. If you started college coursework prior to Fall of 2013, your degree requirements may be different. This plan also assumes that you have tested into college-level math and English classes but have not taken any foreign language during high school.

    Sample Study Plan

    Year 1
    Fall Credits
    ENGLISH 101
    Introduction to College Writing
    		3
    MATH 103
    Contemporary Applications of Mathematics (QL-A)
    or MATH 105
    Introduction to College Algebra    		 3
    1st semester foreign language
    		 3-5
    AFRIC 100
    Black Reality: Survey of African-American Society (HU) (CD)
    		 3
    L&S Social Science, not Africol
    		 3
    Spring Credits
    ENGLISH 102
    College Writing and Research (OWC-A)
    		 3
    L&S Natural Science with lab
    		 3-5
    2nd semester foreign language
    		 3-5
    Afric elective (HU)
    		 und
    Elective
    		 3
    Year 2
    Fall Credits
    OWC-B course
    		 3
    3rd semester foreign language (Int'l)
    		 3-5
    AFRIC 220
    Introduction to Statistics in African and African Diaspora Studies (Formal Reasoning) (QL-B)
    		 3
    L&S Natural Science
    		 3-5
    Elective
    		 3
    Spring Credits
    AFRIC 215
    Introduction to Black Social and Cultural Traditions (SS)
    		 3
    4th semester foreign language (Int'l)
    		 3-5
    L&S Humanities, not Africol
    		 3
    L&S Natural Science
    		 3-5
    AFRIC 228
    Introduction to Black Political Economy (SS)
    		 3
    Year 3
    Fall Credits
    L&S Humanities/International, not Afric
    		 und
    L&S Natural Science
    		 3-5
    AFRIC 301
    Research Methods in African & African Diaspora Studies
    		3
    Afric advanced elective
    		 und
    Elective
    		 3
    Spring Credits
    L&S Social Science, not Afric
    		 und
    Arts GER
    		 3
    Afric advanced elective
    		 und
    Afric advanced elective
    		 und
    Elective
    		 3
    Year 4
    Fall Credits
    Afric advanced elective
    		 und
    Afric advanced elective
    		 und
    Advanced L&S elective
    		 3
    Advanced L&S elective
    		 3
    L&S Social Science, not Afric
    		 und
    Spring Credits
    Afric advanced elective
    		 und
    Afric advanced elective
    		 und
    Afric 329, 352, or 699
    		 3
    Advanced L&S elective
    		 3
    Advanced L&S elective
    		 3

    Key
    (A) Arts GER (Int’l) International
    (HU) Humanities (QL-A) Quantitative Literacy A
    (NS) Natural Science (QL-B) Quantitative Literacy B
    (SS) Social Science (OWC-A) Oral and Written Communication A
    (CD) Cultural Diversity GER (OWC-B) Oral and Written Communication B